Shaun Evans

Shaun Francis Evans (born 6 March 1980) is an English actor and director. He is best known for playing a young Endeavour Morse in the ITV drama series Endeavour.

For other people named Shaun Evans, see Shaun Evans (disambiguation).

Shaun Evans
Evans in January 2015
Born (1980-03-06) 6 March 1980
Liverpool, England
OccupationActor, director
Years active2002–present

Early life

Shaun Francis Evans was born on 6 March 1980 into a Northern Irish family in Liverpool, where his father worked as a taxi driver and his mother was a hospital worker. He has a brother who is 11 months his senior.[1] He gained a scholarship to St Edward's College in Liverpool's West Derby suburb, which he attended from 1991 to 1998 and where he began acting in school productions.[1][2] He completed a course with the National Youth Theatre in London before fully moving to London around the age of 18 to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[3][4]

Career

Acting

Evans' first major role was that of French teacher John Paul Keating in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Teachers during its second series in 2002. The following year he made his feature film debut in The Boys from County Clare, starring alongside Bernard Hill, Colm Meaney and Andrea Corr. Additional screen credits include Being Julia, The Situation, Cashback, Gone, Boy A, Telstar: The Joe Meek Story, Princess Kaiulani and Clive Barker's horror film Dread.

On television, Evans was featured in the 2002 docudrama The Project and was seen as the Earl of Southampton in the miniseries The Virgin Queen, which premiered in November 2005 on Masterpiece Theatre on PBS in the US before airing on the BBC in January 2006. His stage work includes a UK tour of the award-winning play Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall. Recent television appearances include Murder City, BBC's Ashes to Ashes, Gentley's Last Stand and the four-part drama The Take from the novel by Martina Cole on Sky1. Evans also starred in Sparkle alongside Bob Hoskins and Stockard Channing (2007). He also portrayed Kurt Cobain in the Roy Smiles play Kurt and Sid at the Trafalgar Studios opposite Danny Dyer as Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious.

In 2012, Evans also played the role of new pupil Daniel in the BBC legal drama Silk alongside Maxine Peake[5] and starred in the ITV series The Last Weekend.[6] Since 2012, Evans has played the young Inspector Morse in Endeavour, which focuses on the detective's early career.[7] The initial episode was broadcast on 2 January 2012. Endeavour has since been recommissioned for seven further series by ITV.

In January and February 2015, Evans starred as Alex in the Peter Souter play Hello/Goodbye, with Miranda Raison playing his love interest.

Directing

On 23 February 2017, it was announced that Evans would direct an episode of the BBC medical drama Casualty.[8][9] He directed an episode aired on 8 July 2017.[10] He has since returned to the show to direct another two episodes, which aired on 19 and 26 May 2018.[11][12] He also directed two episodes of Endeavour, "Apollo" in series 6, which aired 17 February 2019, and "Oracle" in season 7, which aired 9 February 2020.

Filmography
Year Title Role Awards
2002 Teachers John Paul (J.P) Keating
2003 The Boys from County Clare Teddy
2004 Being Julia Tom Fennel
2006 Cashback Sean Higgin
Gone Alex
Murder City Ryan Everett
2007 Boy A Chris
Sparkle Sam Sparkes
Inspector George Gently Laurie Elton Pilot episode: "George Gently"
2009 Princess Kaiulani Clive Davies
The Take Jimmy Jackson
Ashes to Ashes Kevin Hales
Dread Quaid
2011 Wreckers Nick
2012 Whitechapel Sly Driscoll
Silk Daniel Lomas
The Last Weekend Ian
2012–present Endeavour Detective Constable/Sergeant Endeavour Morse
2014 War Book Tom
2015 The Scandalous Lady W Sir Richard Worsley

References
  1. Luaine Lee (25 June 2012). "Shaun Evans puts his own ideas in 'Endeavour'". The Deseret News. McClatchy-Tribune News Service.
  2. "Acting success for former pupils". St. Edwards College Alumni News. 6 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
  3. Davis, Laura (21 July 2007). "A truly sparkling career". Liverpool Daily Post. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  4. Benedict, David (15 May 2007). "Shaun Evans is 'Gone'". Variety. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009.
  5. "Shaun Evans joins the cast of Silk". Cultbox.co.uk. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  6. Seale, Jack (19 March 2012). "Rupert Penry-Jones and Shaun Evans for ITV1's The Last Weekend". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  7. Hollingshead, Iain (5 August 2011). "Inspector Morse is an enigma – let's keep him that way". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  8. "Shaun Evans to direct Casualty!". BBC Online. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  9. Dainty, Sophie (23 February 2017). "Endeavour star Shaun Evans swaps acting for directing as he joins Casualty". Digital Spy. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  10. Writer: Suzanne Cowie; Director: Shaun Evans; Producer: Jo Johnson (8 July 2018). "Man Up". Casualty. BBC. BBC One.
  11. Writer: Julie Dixon; Director: Shaun Evans; Producer: Jo Johnson (19 May 2018). "Episode 35". Casualty. BBC. BBC One.
  12. Writer: Debbie Owen; Director: Shaun Evans; Producer: Jo Johnson (26 May 2018). "Episode 36". Casualty. BBC. BBC One.
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